What problem does it solve?
This Skill eliminates the risk of incomplete, non-compliant implementation plans that skip critical checks like spec alignment, requirement traceability, and QA gate configuration, which lead to rework, missed requirements, and failed implementations in AI coding workflows.
Core Features & Use Cases
- Spec Alignment & Stale Spec Detection: Automatically checks for existing specs, detects stale spec content, and offers options to archive, update, or skip specs to ensure plans match current requirements.
- Structured Clarification Funnel: Uses a 4-stage process with critic sounding board consultation to resolve planning uncertainties (scope, security, compatibility, etc.) before escalating to the user, reducing unnecessary interruptions.
- Obligation Traceability Checks: Maps all spec requirements (FR-###) and MUST/SHALL obligations (SC-###) to plan tasks to flag coverage gaps and gold-plating risks before implementation starts.
- Automated QA Gate & Execution Profile Configuration: Guides users through selecting quality gates (reviewer, test engineer, security scans, etc.) and parallel execution settings, persisting these configurations before any tasks are dispatched.
- Use Case: For example, when planning a new user authentication feature, this skill ensures all spec requirements are mapped to tasks, security and backward compatibility questions are surfaced to the user, and QA gates like code review and test verification are configured before any code is written.
Quick Start
Use the plan skill to generate a compliant, gated implementation plan for your current project, aligned with your spec and pre-configured with all required quality controls.